Cutting and creasing machine



March 12, 1940. c. SCHWARZ Er A1.

CUTTING AND CREASING' MACHINE Filed July 4, 1939 9 Sheets-Sheet 1 mlllr March 12, 1940. Q SCHWARZ p -r AL 2,193,568

CUTTNG -AND CREASING MACHINE Filed'July 4, 1939 9 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTORS WEL :5CHW4EZ 'ATTRNEYS March 12, 1940. c. scHwARz Er AL 2,193,568

CUTTING AND CREASING MACHINE 4Filed July 4. i959 9 sheets-sheet s AT'ToRNEY March 12, 1940. c. scHwARz er AL CUTTING AND CREASING MACHIN Filed July 4, 1939 9 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTORS c42 5CH M422 077'@ @HI/EE ATTORNEYS March 12, 1940. c. scHwARz E-r A1.

CUTTING AND CREASING MACHINE 9 sheets-sheet 5 Filed July 4, 1939 INVENToRs c42 SCHWARZ OTTO BAUER BY AToRNEYs March l2, 1940. c. svcHwARz FAI.

CUTTING AND CREASINv MACHINE 9 Sheets-Sheet 6 lNvENToRs 34a 5 CHM/422 BY 0770 5,4 U52 AT'oRNEYs 'Filed July 4, 1939 March 12,' 1940.

c. scHwARz Er AL QUTTING AND CREASING MACHINE 9 Sheets-Sheet '7 Filed July 4, 1939 INVENToRs C'QEL 6 CH 146422 077'0 Sac/Eg BY l l TToRNEYs March 12, 1940. c. scHwARz Er AL CUTTING AND CREASING MACHINE Filed July 4, 1939 9 sheets-sheet s .WNS

March l2, 1940. c. scHwARz ET AL 2,193,568

CUTTING AND CREASING MACHINE Filed July 4, 1939 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 A Y INVENTORS QS@ Y //l ATTORNEYS Patented Man-12, 1940 I masts UNITED sTArEs l1Parent# ortica Carl `Sclmvarz'and Otto Bauer, New York, N. Y. Application Jiiiyi, 1939 serial No. 282,790

'This inventionI relates to anew and useful cutting and creasing machine and primarily is employed for cutting and/or creasing sheets of cardboard, strawboard, heavy paper or similar .5 materials. l. y

One object of the invention is to, provide a machine for cutting and/or creasing a fiat sheet of material wherein a `continuous progressive pressure is applied to the sheet only during the cutting and/or creasing operations. ii Another object of the invention is to produce a machine having a rotary .circular pressure member and a attable member or chase for supporting the cutting or creasing knives constituting thev die, one of said members being Inovable in a` straight line relative to the other member. v

Another object of the invention is to provide means for automatically feeding material sheets in proper alignment to the die.

Another object of the invention is to employ means accurately registering thematerial sheets over the die prior to the cutting or. creasing operations. v v

.25 Another object ofy the invention isto provide means for transmitting motion to the pressure p member from the table member, chase or carrier. y v

Another object of this invention is to provide I 3.0 a Wheeled feedand discharge mechanismthat is actuated by the. main operating mechanism and having means to releasably connect one of the said mechanisms with the other.

Another object of the invention is to provide n .3.5 a unique arrangement of parts for operating the feed and discharge belts Whichparts ,are separable Without dislocating the elen'ients of the main operating mechanism andv those of vthefeed and discharge mechanism. l

`Another object of the present invention is to provide means for feeding sheets or cards to the die and discharging them from said die at approximately the same location. f' f '4 Another objectl of the invention is to provide an intermittent movement mechanism for controlling the release of the `sheets, or cards at proper intervals during' the feeding operations.

Another object cf this invention is' to providey for temporarily discontinuing the operations Aof 5o the table member or chase during a time when other parts are functioning. A further object of the invention is `to provide mechanism to cause the chase to ascend or advance towards the pressure memberjust prior 13 claims. (o1. 164-419) operations and permit said chase to descend or recede fromA said pressure member upon comple- .tionof the cutting -and/or creasing operations.

A still further lobject of this invention is to provide novel means for removing the cut and/or `5rcreased sheet of material .from -the die.

With the above and other objects inview, this invention consists of the details of .construction and combination 'of elements h'reinafterset forth and then designated by the claims. 10,A

In order marinos@ skilled in the art t@ which' this invention appertans may understandhow to make and use the same, we will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the f accompanying drawings forming apart hereof, 151 l in which: p f v Fig. 1 is a side elevation ofthe machine. v '.Fig. 2`is a top l.plan View on ythe line 2 -`2' of Fig. 1. .i

Fig. 3 is anenlarged rear end View on the line 20 3"-3of Fig. .1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional plan View on the line iof Fig. l. Y L Fig. 4a is anl enlarged detail section on the line bld- 4a ofFig. 4. v l

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig.. 2. v

Fig. 6 is a view oa portion of Fig.,,5,shoWing the pitman disengaged vfrom the rocker. l f

Fig. 7 is' an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal 30 ing mechanism reverse to the illustration in 4o l Fig. 7.

Fig. 8' is a plan view of the feed mechanismv showing one sheet about to enter on the die and f the position of a succeeding sheet illustrated inv dottedlines.

Fig. 8a isa detail sectional view on the line Eta-8a of Fig. 8. l -l I Fig. 9 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 7 but showing the carrier and i 5,0, Fig.l 10 is a section on the line iiiiii of Fig. 9; v

component parts elevated.

Fig. ll is a vieW of the cutting knife and stripy per during the cutting operation.

Fig. 12 is a transverse sectional vieWof the. machine, through the pressure-member. l

Fig. 13 is a sectional view of a creasing knife and its stripper, the latter being fully expanded.

Fig. 14 is a similar view showing the position of creasing knife and a stripper during operation.

Fig. 15` is a detail sectional view on the line l5--l5 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out our invention as herein embodied 20 represents a suitable frame mounted on a base 2l and said frame 20 carries a bracket 22 supporting a motor 23. The motor is illustrative of one form of power that may be used for operating the machine. This motor drives a pulley 24, shown as mounted on the motor shaft, over which runs a belt 25 which also runs over the pulley 26 on the countershaft 2T. Said shaft 21 has a second pulley 28 fixed thereon in line with the pulley 29 on the shaft 30 which, for convenience of description, will be called the power shaft. A belt 3l runs over the pulleys 28 and 29 for transmitting motion to the power shaft.

On the power shaft30 is fixed a pinion 32 meshing with a gear 33 suitably journalled on a trunnion or stub shaft 34 mounted in a large boss 35 carried by the frame. The gear 33 is provided with a crank pin 36 on which is journalled one end of a pitman rod 31 and the opposite end is connected to the chase, table, member or carrier 33 by a pin 39 passing through arms of a bracket 4l! mounted on said chase, table, member or carrier whereby the chase, table member or carrier is moved to and` fro.

One end of a striker rod 4l is also connected to the carrier 3S by the pin 39 so as to reciprocate therewith and the other or outer end of said striker rod rests on a roller 42, Fig. 5, mounted on a suitable axle carried by the upright or standard 43. On the striker rod 4| in spaced relation are two strikers 44 and 45 which alternately strike opposite sides of the pendulous arm 46 pivoted at its upper end to the upright or standard 43 as at 4l. In order to protect the edges ofthe pendulous arm 45 and provide flat,rad justable surfaces vwhich will remain parallel with the faces of the strikers 44 and 45 when engaged by the latter, striker shoes 48 and 49 are mounted on thearm 45. These striker shoes each comprise a U-:shaped metal section embracing the arm 46 and pivoted at one corner to said arm and urged into a normally angular position relative to the edges of said arm by a spring 5I] between the shoe web: and arm edge. As a striker engages its respective shoe the latter adjusts itself to the contact surface of the striker and retains the parallel relation between the two regardless of the position assumed by the pendulous arm 46.

Whenever a striker contacts the arm 46 the lattei` is shifted from one position to another as will be apparent by reference to Fig. 6.

On the lower free end of the pendulous arm 46 is a plate 5l in spaced relation to a face of said arm and held in place by stay pins 52, the lower one of which may have a roller 53 journalled thereon as an antifriction device.

A tension device 54, such as a spring, urges the pendulous arm 46 rearwardly and in order to deaden the sound incident to the strikers 44 and' 45 hitting said arm or more particularly the shoes 43 and 45 pads 55 of leather or other suitable material are mounted on the strikers as shown or on the shoes as an obvious equivalent.

A number of eccentric shafts 56, 51, 58 and l5S), see Figs. 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 are journalled in adjustable side rails 6l) extending longitudinally ofthe machine frame and to the sides of which they are fastened by bolts 6| projecting through vertical slots 62. Said side rails are retained in their adjusted positions by the adjusting screws 63 threaded through bosses 64 on the machine frame and engaging the underneath edges of the side rails and said adjusting screws are held set by the lock nuts 65.

Each eccentric shaft, to constitute such, has eccentric portions 66 adjacent both ends and on said eccentric portions are mounted rollers which therefore form cams 6'! which support the table member or carrier 38 through beams 68 on the underside of said, carrier. In one position of the cams-the tab-le member or carrier 38 is lowered, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, whereas in another position of said cams the table member or carrier is raised or elevated, as illustrated in Fig. 9.

Eccentric shafts 56, 5'! and 58 have depending arms 59, adjacent ones of which are connected by links "l0 and shaft 58 vis provided with an additionalarm 1l, preferably shorter than the rst mentioned arms, and said arm 'Il is connected by a link 'I2 with thesimilar arm 13 on the shaft 59. This arrangement connects all of the eccentric shafts and the movements of one will be `transmitted to all of the others.

In order to actuate the carrier elevating mechanism, including the eccentric shafts and their associated wheel cams, one end of a connecting rod 14" is pivotally attached to one of the depending arms 69, preferably the arm carried by pendulous arm proper and the plate 5I thereon and is long enough to prevent displacement of said connecting rod from the space or its relation to the pendulous arm. The connecting rod 14 has a notch 15, Fig. 6, in its lower edge for registration with the bottom stay pin 52 to temporarily attach said connecting rod to the pendulous arm 46 whereby any movements of said arm 46 will be transmitted to the elevating mechanism of the carrier 38. y.

The connecting rod 'I4 can only be detached from the pendulous arm 46, or .the bottom stay pin, manually and a convenient way to accomplish this is to journal a shaft 'I6 transversely of the machine frame with a lifting arm Tl von the inner end thereof and underlying the connecting rod 14 so the free end of arm 'H may be moved or swung into engagement with the underside or edge of said connecting rod. Said arm 'I'I may have a roller 18 thereon as an anti-friction ele-` ment. On the outer end of the shaft I6 is another arm 'I9 to which is attached an operating rod 8E) having a handle 8|. This operating rod passes through a guide 82 in which it can both slide longitudinally and oscillate vertically and said operating rod is provided with a iratchet tooth 83 which will. readily pass through guide 82 when the rod 80 is moved towards the right as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Said ratchet tooth after passing through the guide will engage behind the latter, as in Fig. 6, and prevent accidental retrograde movement of the operating rod and associated parts although by lifting the handle end of said operating rod the ratchet tooth may be disengaged from the guide and ythe parts retracted.

-In order tollinn't the movements. of thev lifting armfll two feet 84 and 85 projecting in: generally opposite directions but at suitable angles to: each of the lbase 2 i to regulate the throw of the lifting arm 1I. Y

'I'he carrier 38` has a rack 8ll at each side and the teeth thereof mesh with the gears 88 fixed to the heads dll `of the cylinder Sli which is vthe pressure member. The rack and gear teeth are long enough toremain in mesh even Whenfthe carrier is lowered.

The pressure cylinder or member Sil is fixed to a shaft 9| having its ends journalled in sliding blocks 92n1ounted in stanchions 93 on opposite sides of the machine frame and adjustable verticall-y through the medium of the screws 91|.

From the above description it will be apparent that as the gear Wheel 33 is revolved the carrier 38 will be reciprocated causing the racks 8l to transmit a rotary motion, first in one direction and thenin the other, to thecylinder 9|) through the gears 88. In order to couple the pulley 2B to the shaft 3|! on which said pulley is loosely mounted, a clutch 95 is non-rotatably and slidably located on said shaft and cooperates with the pulley 29' as a companion clutch member. The clutch SE is normally urged towards and in engagement `with the pulley 29 by a spring 96 coacting with the clutch, as the movable element, and with a collar 91, as the stationary element, said collar being fixed to the shaft.

To disconnect the shaft 35 from the pulley .529 the clutch 95l is to be Withdrawn and for this purpose said clutch is providedwith a flange 9|! againstthe inside of which coacts a cam 99 on a camshaft Hill journalled in spaced bearings ||l| on the bifurcated end of a bracket |02 secured to the machine frame. On the cam shaft |90 is a gear [|13 with which meshes a longitudinally movable rack Hifi having an extension or holder which passes through the machine frame and has a pin or finger at its outer end projecting into a cam slot [8% in a slide fill mounted in a guide bracket lila on the machine frame. To and fro movement of the slide l'l will move the rack IM in and out and impart rotary movements to the cam shaft Hill through the gear |03 and thereby withdraw the clutch from the pulley 29 or release the clutch so that it may be moved into engagement with said pulley To actuate the slide lill one end of a. rod |85) is pivoted to said slide and. the-'other end to an operating lever` l i@ provided with a hand operated ratchet l for holding said operating lever Il@ in either its forward or retracted positions.

The feed and discharge mechanism is, in ef fect, a wheeled carriage so that it may be positioned close to the pressure member or cylinder 90 as shown in elevation in Fig. l or retracted as indicated by the dotted lines in same figure. Two horizontal side pieces H2 and H3 are held in proper' spaced relation by transverse tie bars lill and on said side pieces are mounted trunnions or stub axles H5 on which are journalled flange wheels H6 running on rails projecting from the machine frame and the outer ends of said rails are braced by a tie bar H3,

Fig. 2.

The inner ends of the side pieces H2 and H3 are formed to provide horns ||j|l and |29 in a vertical plane one above the other, Fig. 7c, and the horn |29 is bifurcated to produce an open ended slot |2|, Fig; 4, for registration with a stud bolt |22, or equivalent, on which a nut |23 is threaded to clamp the horn mii and hold the wheeled carriage in proper operative rela-y tiony to the pressure cylinder e@ and the carrier 38 when the latter -is in its initial position.

To the other horn H9 of both of the horizontal sidc'pieces H2 and H3 are attached the inclined side rafters |24 the upper portions .of which are supported by struts |25 attached to some suitable part of the lower or horizontal frame of the wheeled carriage. Said'side rafters are preferably formedfrom angle irons to provide upstanding and inturned toes, the latter supporting a floor |26 which occupies the space between` the side rafters. From the lower inner edge of the floor project fingers l2?, 7b and 10, which may be integral parts of said floor.

The material sheets or cards `i2?? are fed from v a platform |29, Figli, onto feeding belts '|30 each" having a portion travelling downward over the floor |26 and around a driving rolly|3| at the top of the inclined superstructure of the feed anddischarge carriage andan idler roll |32 at the bottom of said superstructure. 'The means for operating. the driving roll |'3l will be'prescntly described in connection with the discharge mechanism.

As a material sheet |28 is fed onto the belts |30 it is carried forward until stopped by the trap |33 which is. pivotedor swingingly mounted on an arm |34 xed to av cross `rod |35 the latte in turn having its ends fixed in brackets |35 se-A One end of a connecting rod` |31 is pivoted to the trapl becured to the inclined rafters |24.

while being shifted sidewise as will be later det scribed and these rollers are mounted in suitable hangers Ulf swinginglyl mounted on the rod |35. l

The cross shaft. |38 is rotated by an intermitw tent movement mechanism Wherefore one endof said shaft projects through aside rafter iilli has a crank arm |44, 7c, fixed thereon to which is' pivoted one end of a connecting rod |45, the opposite `end of lsaid rod being pivoted to the upper part of a latch lever Mii pivoted intermediate its endsto on-e of the horizontal sido pieces, as H3 of the feed anddischarge carriage.

This latch lever has two flat surfaces fdl and.

M8 arranged at angles to each other for alternate cooperation with a plunger its urged to wards the latch lever by a spring iiiii, both the spring and plunger being located in a housing iti on the side piece H3.

A, connecting hook |5| lis pivoted to the upper end of the latch lever M6 and detachably engaged with` a pivot |52 on the rocking lever |53 which is pivoted to a' bracket i545, or its equivofy lent, on the machine frame, here shown one of the rails IH. This arrangement permits kdisconnection of a part of the feed and discharge mechanism from the balance of the machine to allow the carriage to be wheeled back. The rocker arm 53 is intermittently oscillated from a crank disc or wheel |55 on the shaft 9| through a lost motion rod |56 having one end pivoted to said disc or wheel and the other end being provided with a longitudinal slot |51 registering with the pivot |52 on said rocker arm.

The parts are so timed that when a sheet or card |29 is released by the trip fingers |l5| the carrier or chase 38 is in a retracted position and the forward edge of the sheet will contact the spring stops |58 on said carrier. As illustrated in Fig. la these spring stops preferably each includes a strip |59 of spring steel fashioned so that one end is fixed to the top face of a portion ofthe chase or carrier and the other end normally extends upwardly at an angle to the xed end but can be and is depressed by the pressure member or cylinder 90 when the chase or carrier is moved beneath said cylinder. On the opstanding free end of the spring steel strip is xed an angle member |60 by one of its toes, the othertoe projecting downwardly over the inner edge of the spring strip so as to be opposed to the direction of travel of the sheets and said other toe enters a recess E6! in the chase or carrier when the free end of the strip |59 is depressed.

The chase or carrier 38 has means |62 on its top face to clamp thereto a knife holding block |63 forming a part of the die and on said block are mounted the knives |64, either of the cutting or creasing type or both, depending upon the work to be done, and these knives are arranged in any formation in accordance with the style of the finished product desired. Embracing the knives are strippers |65 of compressible material, such as rubber, so that when the pressure is removed from the material sheet it will be stripped from the knives. The operating edges of the creasing knives are set lower than those of the cutting knives. Compressible lifters |66 of rubber or the like are also provided adjacent the front of the die on which the sheet or card rests while the latter is on the die.

The sheets or cards pass between guides as they travel along the feed line. One of these guides, represented by the numeral |81 is stationary while in use but is adjustable transversely. The guide |61 is carried by an angle supporting member |68 to which are xed threaded rods |59 projected through a rafter |24 and having nuts |10 screwed thereon. There are at least two nuts on each rod, one nut on each side of the rafter to hold the parts in proper adjustment.

At the opposite side of the feed line is another sup-porting member |1| provided with threaded rods |12 projecting through the other rafter |24 and on these latter rods are nuts |13 for holding said supporting member |1| in various adjustments. To the supporting member |1| is attached, as at |14, one end of a mov- 1 able guide |15 which is a relatively long and outer end to be engaged by a hook |11 having an end pivoted to the upper end of a vertical lever |18 pivoted intermediate its ends to a bracket |19 on the machine frame. When the hook is disengaged from the rod |16 that portion of the sheet or card registering mechanism on the feed and discharge carriage is released from the operating parts on the machine frame. To the lower end of the lever |18, Figs. 1 and 2, is pivoted one end of a short horizontal rod |80 the opposite end of which is pivoted to one arm of a bell crank lever 8| mounted on a suitable support on the machine frame. To the other arm of said bell crank lever is pivoted one end of a connecting rod |82 having its opposite end pivoted to a crank arm |83 xed to the outer end of a shaft |84 suitably journalled and extending parallel to the trunnion 34 and terminating in proximity to the gear wheel 33. On the inner end of said shaft l|84 is fixed a trip arm |85 in the path of travel of the trip pin |86 on the gear wheel 33. The parts of the sheet or card registering mechanism are urged towards a retracted position by a spring |81 one end of which may be anchored on the machine frame and the other end attached to the connecting rod |82 as the movable element.

After a sheet or card |28 has been cut or creased, as the case may be, and the carrier or chase 38 is on its return to the position illustrated in Fig. 7, the rear edge of said sheet or card is raised by the compressible lifters |66, Fig. 7U, so as to pass under the ngers |21 and over onto the downwardly curved serrated takeoii plate |88 fixed to one of the tie bars ||4 with the free edge projecting beyondthe outer ends of the ngers |21. 'I'he lifters |66 are spaced to pass between the serrations, Fig. 4. The sheet or card |28 is pushed along by the spring stops |58 until the weight of said sheet or card causes it to fall onto the discharge belts |89. These belts run on a drive roller |90 and an idle roll |9| journalled in side pieces 2 and |3 of the feed and discharge carriage. When the sheets or cards are carried off by the discharge belts and reach the location of the drive roller |90, said sheets or cards drop into any suitable receiving device |92, Fig. 1.

In order to drive the belts |30 and |89 so the conveying strands travel in opposite directions and to allow one part of the drive to separate from another part when the feed and discharge carriage is retracted, a short axle |93 is xe-d in an extension |94 of the machine frame 20 and on said axle is revolvably mounted a gear |95 with which is connected a sprocket |96 or equivalent. A chain |91 or equivalent engages said sprocket |96 and another sprocket |98 xed to the shaft 21. The parts of the drive thus far described are mounted on the body of the machine as distinguished from the feed and discharge carriage.`

C'oacting with the gear |95 is a second gear |99 xed to an axle 200 journalled in a hanger 20| depending from the horizontal side piece |2 of the feed and discharge carriage. Also xed on said axle 200 is a sprocket 202 or equivalent and other sprockets 203 and 204, or equivalent means, are. connected to the drive rollers 3| and |90 respectively. A chain 205, or equivalent, passes around the sprockets 202 and 203 and the back of said chain engages the sprocket 204, thereby revolving the drive rollers |3| and |90 in opposite directions and allowing the chain 205 to be merely withdrawn out of contact with the A: proper alignment with the die.

aicases had to the die receiving portion of said carrier or chase for assembly, adjustment ork removal Y of the die. n y

Y For a general outline of the operation of the machine reference will be had in particular toA Figs. 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9.

e Initially a sheet or card 28 is placed on the feed belts |30 which will carry said sheet forwardly and downwardly until the lfront edge engages the trap `|33 which is closed as in Fig.` '7. When theV machine parts reach the positions illustrated in Fig. 9 the'lost motion rod V|58 will actuate the trap |33 and trip fingers |4| to open said trap and close said trip fingers atxwhich time the sheet or card will be released from the trap and allowed to be carried forwardly by the feedA belts until said sheet or card engages the trip lingers. l j

During the next retracting'movement of the chase or vcarrier 38 the sheet or card control' mechanism will be again operated. to close the 'trap and open the trip lingers to allowth'e'sheet or card to be again carried-forwardly until it en'- gages the spring stops |58 as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Directly after the sheet lor cardy engages the spring stops theregistering mechanism is actuated to cause the movableguide |'l5vto slidev the sheet or card over against the stationary guide |61 so that said sheet or card will vbe in Upon retraction of the chase or carrier 38 the striker 45, Figs. 2 and 5', engages the penclulousy arm 46 and the liftingmechanism of said chase or carrier will be actuated to cause the wheel i cams 67 to take the positions shown in Figs.'5 land 7 so the chase or carrier will be in its lowered position. As the chase or carrier moves inward the sheet or card will be propelled bythe feed belts so as to follow the chase or carrier until said sheet or card drops onto the die. At about this time the striker 44 will engage the pendulous arm f 46 and swing the latter to the position vopposite that shown in Fig. 5 which will actuate the lifting mechanism of the chase or carrier to position the wheel cams 61 as in Fig. 9 thus elevating the chase or carrier to move the card or sheet |28 into engagement with the pressure cylinder Sil.

During the return or retracting movement of the chase or carrier the pressure on the card or sheet will be constant and progressivesince the pressure cylinder is rotated from said chaseor carrier through the racks 81 and the gears 88. This will cause the sheet or cardA to be cutand/or creased by the die knives. As the compressible lifters |66, Fig. 7b, recede from the influence of the pressure cylinder what wasthe rear end of the sheet or card will be lifted so as to ride over the take-oli plate |88. The continued return movement of the chase or carrier will "propel the sheet or card, through the medium of the spring stops |58, until said sheet or card is nally rei leased and drops onto the discharge-belts |89 and `conveyed to a place of removal.

The operations of the machine may be completely stopped at any time by throwing out the o 5 handle 8| inwthe'fproper directiontc swing the lifting arm I'I'u'nder the connecting rod'M to dis-` -engage it from the pendulousfarm 6E' while -the chase or carrier is lowered] This 'will' allow the machine to operatek without" functioning to cut and/ or crease material sheets or cards if fed into the machine.A f

It is to be particularly noted that the sheetsA or cards rare never bent aroundthe pressure-cylinder and only a small part of tlie'work is accomplished at any onetime while in a flat condition', thus producing abetter and more uniformjproduct; .I .v

vvlin order that `th'erkfe shall be no doubt concerningr the method of disconnecting the feed and discharge from th'ebalaiio'e 'of the machine, it'is .-to be observed that when this is necessary or desir-` able, the hooks V|5|`, Fig. 5, and Fig.-.10, are nnfastened or separated fro-m their Acompanion elements, allowing the feed and discharge carriage to be wheeled along the rails |,||y away from its normal position adjacent the pressure'cylinder. As the carriage is wheeled outward the gear A|99 merely'moves out of mesh with the gear |95 and separation of lthe feed and ydischarge mechanism from the main operating mechanism lifs rcomplete.

To reconnect the feed and discharge the opera- 'I tions outlined above are reverse Of course we do not wish to be limited to the described, as these may bevaried with' the'scopeexact details o'i constructionherein shown and of lthe appended claims without departing from Ythe'spirit oftheinvention. f y

,Having thus described our. invention, what we` claim as new and useful is: .K t l l l. In a machine of the class described,` ailat reciprocating-. carrier or chase adapted to hold a die, means to elevate said carrier and permit,`

it to descend, a` rack at each side ofthe carrier, a rotary pressure member situated in aiX'ed location and cooperating with the carrier, a gear at each end of the pressure'membermeshing-with the respective racks, mechanism to impart a ree. ciprocating movementl to the carrier, and manually operable means to ltemporarily stop the action of the carrier elevating means.

2. A cutting and creasing machine including a carrier for reciprocation. in a horizontal line, a

rotatable by the reciprocal movements of the 'carpressure member situated ina fixed locationfandr rier, andv means to elevate said carrier while at one end'of its stroke and'permit said carrier tov descend'when atl the other end of its stroke@A 3. The structure in claim 2, in ct'iinbinatioi1 withy a feed trap, trip iingers, means to simultaneously actuat'e vsaid trap and lingers to alternatelyfopen and close them, guide means, and mechanism'v to move `one portion'ofsaid guide means towardsthe" other portion thereof. g

4. A machine of the kind described comprising a frame, cam shafts journalled in said frame, wheel cams on said cam shafts'Qa carrier adapted ,to holdY a die *and* mounted on the'wheel cams for reciprocating rnoven'ierits,` meansto reciprocate said carrier, mechanism connected with the carrier and cam shafts to transmit an intermittent motion to said cam shafts for elevating the carrier andallowing it to' descend at the ends of the in and 'out strokes respectively of said car-y rier, and a pressure cylinder cooperating with Aand rotatedv by said carrier. Y

5'. A cutting and creasingr machine comprising, in combination, a frame, eccentric cam shafts 'having' offeset portions and. journalled in said frame, Wheels onthe oil-set portions of said camv and lbe elevated thereby and allowed to descend as theqcam shafts are rotated, means to reciprocate the carrier, means actuated by the motions of said carrier to rotate the cam shafts, a curved pressure member situated kin a fixed location for cooperation with the'carrier, and coacting means on the carrier and pressure member for transmitting a rotary motion from said carrier to said pressure member;

6. In a machine of the kind described, a frame, eccentric cam shafts journalledtin said frame and provided with off-set portions, arms on said cam shafts, means connected with said arms wherebythe cam shafts may be rotated in unison, a pendulous pivoted arm, a connecting rod pivoted to one of the cam shaft arms and detachably joined to the pendulous arm, wheels journalled on the eccentric portions of the cam shaft, a die carrier riding on said wheels and elevated and allowed to descend by the rotary action of the cam shafts, means to reciprocate said die carrier, a striker rod attached to the carrier and associated with the pendulous arm, strikers on said striker rod to alternately swing the pendulous arm in opposite directions `for intermittently rotating the cam shafts, manually operated means for temporarily detaching the connecting rod from the pendulous arm to sel-ectively stop the elevation or descent of the carrier, and a rotary pressure cylinder cooperating with said carrier.

'7. In a machine of the kind described, a frame, avdie carrier, a prime mover on the frame,l a pulley driven by said prime mover, a counter shaft journalled in the frame, two pulleys thereon, a belt engaging onejof said pulleys and the one driven bythe prime mover, a power shaft journalled in the frame, a loose pulley thereon, a belt engaging the power shaft pulley and the other one on the counter shaft, a spring urged clutch member slidably and non-rotatably mounted on the power shaft for cooperation with the pulley on said power shaft, a flange as a part of the clutchmember, a rotatable cam shaft having a Acam coacting with the clutch flange, a gearon said cam shaft, a rack meshing with the gear, a slide having an oblique slot registering with a projection on the rack to move said rack longitudinally at right angles to the direction of movement of the slide, means to operate said slide, a pinion fixed to the power shaft, a gear journalled n on a trunnion supported by the frame and meshing with the pinion, a pitman connected to the gear and the carrier for reciprocating the latter, a pressure cylinder situated in a xed location on the frame for cooperation with the carrier, and mechanism actuated from the carrier to raise said carrier towards the pressure cylinder and allow said carrier to descend.

8. The structure in claim 7, in combination with an independent feed and discharge mechanism including a wheeled carriage mounted for to and fro movements relative to the pressure cylinder, and means to operatively connect said feed and discharge mechanism with the driving parts of the machine.

9. In a cutting and creasing machine, a frame, a carrier, mechanism to reciprocate saidcarrier and including a gear and "a counter shaft, a sprocket on said counter shaft, an axle journalled in the frame, a sprocke on said axle, a

chain engaging said sprockets whereby motion istransmitted y,from the counter shaftto said axle, a gear xed to said axle, a pressure cylinderfor cooperation with the carrier and rotated therefrom, a shaft on which the pressure cylinder is mounted, a crank element fixed to and rotatable with said pressure cylinder shaft, a rocker arm having a pivot at its free end, a slotted rod pivoted to the crank element with its slot registering with pivot on the free end of the rockerarm, a wheeled carriage mounted on rails secured to the frame and including horizontal side pieces and inclined rafters, rolls journalled in the top and bottom ends of said rafters, feed belts passing around said rolls, other rolls journalled in the inner and outer ends of the side pieces, discharge. belts passing around the last named rolls, sprockets associated with the upper and outer rolls, an axle journalled in one of the side pieces of the carriage, a gear fixed to said last named axle andmeshing with the gear on the first mentioned axle only when the carriage is positioned adjacent the pressure cylinder, a sprocket on the last named axle, a chain passing about the last mentioned sprocket and the sprocket associated with the upper roll and the back of said chain engaging the sprocket associated with the other roll, a rotatable cross shaft Abetween they lower ends of the rafters, trip fingers on said cross shaft in the pathof travel of the feed belts, a trap also in the path of travel of the feed belts and spaced from and ahead of the trip lingers, means connected with the trap and cross shaft whereby the trip fingers and trap will be actuated in unison to close one when the other is opened, a crank on said cross shaft, a latch lever to be temporarily held at the end of each swing, means to connect the crank and latch lever, and means detachably `connecting the latch lever and rocking lever. l

10. The structure in claim 9, in combination with a trip pin on the gear of the carrier reciprocating means, a stationary guide adjustably connected to one of the inclined rafters, a movable guide connected to the other rafter, a two section separable push rod attached to said movable guide, and mechanism having a part joined to said push rod and another part in the path of travel of the trip pin for intermittently operating the movable guide.

1l. The structure in claim 9, in combination with guide ngers projecting at a downward angle beyond the feed belts, and a serrated takeoif plate mounted adjacent the inner portion of the discharge belts, the outer free endof said take-off plate extending beyond theouter free ends of the guide fingers.

12. The structure in claim 9 in combination with spring stops mounted on the carrier crosswise thereof kand depressible by the pressure cylinder intorecesses in said carrier.

13. A cutting and creasing machine comprising a horizontally reciprocating carrier, a die mounted on said carrier, a rotary pressure member situated in a stationary location, coacting means on the carrier and pressure member for imparting a rotary motion to said pressure member from said carrier, and means to elevate the carrier when at one end of its stroke and permit said carrier to descend when at the other end of its stroke.

CARL SCHWARZ. O'I'I'O BAUER. 

